Horn scale samples arrived. They look nice but the pivot holes are already drilled, and they are drilled out slightly too big. Otherwise I can work with this. I will send the guy drawings in a couple of days and let him make me some more samples. UNDRILLED. Meanwhile I cancelled my P81 order and I will be selling the blades I recently received, dressed in horn. Pics in a couple of days. I got to work up some etch stencils and punch out some domed washers. Still shopping for camel bone scales at a price I can afford. I really like the look of polished camel bone scales. SOOOOOO close to ivory. They have a certain warmth in the hand and they turn a very ordinary razor into something a little bit special.

I was also able to hook up with my old lapping film supplier and received enough film to last me a couple of years for chimp change. No more flattening those rocks every honing day! I might start offering film honing kits. This stuff is identical to 3M AlOx film.